Being an owner or a CEO of a health club, studio or nonprofit fitness organization can be a lonely place, especially during the past few years when the challenges have been universal but the impacts have been so personal. No one but you has been tasked with making the difficult decisions you’ve made for your business.
And challenges still lie ahead: getting back to pre-COVID foot traffic and revenue, inflation causing costs to soar, hiring difficulties, and the possibility of a recession.
Uncertainty causes stress and even fear, which can cause minds to kick into fight, flight or freeze mode.
But there is a place you can go to be surrounded by other executives in the fitness industry. A place where you can connect, develop community and exchange insights about challenges and successes.
That place is the Club Industry Executive Summit, Oct. 17-19 at the Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel. (Register here before the price increases on Sept. 16.)
It’s a place where you can network with and learn from people such as:
- Steve Schwartz, CEO of Midtown Athletic Club
- Gale Landers, CEO of Fitness Formula Clubs
- Niki Leondakis, CEO of CorePower Yoga
- Jessica Yarmey, CEO of Kickhouse
- Chris Craytor, CEO of acac Health & Wellness
- Ori Gorfine, president and COO of US Fitness Holdings
- Micah Logan, founder and CEO of MELD Fitness + Wellness
- Kevin McHugh, COO of The Atlantic Clubs
- Tara Levitt, senior director of operations at Club Sports Group
- Jeff Saunders, senior vice president of the Y Experience at YMCA of Greater Cincinnati
- Jason Stowell, consultant at JCCs North America
- Diva Richards, founder and president of Hard Work No Excuses
- Michaela Brown, general manager, VIDA Fitness & Aura Spa
- Chris Clawson, founder of Talon Leadership Consulting
- Allison Flatley, CEO of Allison Flatley Consulting
- Bill McBride, CEO of Active Wellness
- Don Murphy, CEO and managing partner, Gold’s Gym Newburgh and Middletown, New York
- Adam Zeitsiff, president of Stronger U Nutrition (a Self Esteem Brand)
- Sandy Wiedmeyer, operations superintendent of RecPlex
- Eddie Tock, CEO of REX Roundtables
And many other speakers.
In fact, more than 40 fitness industry leaders are on hand to help you through the coming year with insights on staffing challenges, welcoming in the other 80 percent, operational best practices and strategies, aligning the industry’s messaging to reach policymakers, sales and marketing strategies, the impact of technology and Web3, raising capital and reimagining the fitness experience.
All you have to do is make the commitment to join them.
Change is difficult, especially when you try to do it alone. Lighten your load a bit by registering for this intimate event.